How To Install Tux Math Game on Ubuntu 24.04

Tux Math (or Tux, of Math Command) is a free software education game designed for kids to learn mathematics by playing. This game is one of Tux4Kids Project applications beside Tux Typing and Tux Paint a free software project to create educational applications. You can play this amazing game with kids or if you are a teacher, with your students too. Now let's try it out!

 

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Minimum Requirements

• Any CPU.
• Any RAM capacity. 
• About 20-100MB free disk space. 

 

How To Install Tux Math

 

1. Open Ubuntu menu.

2. Run Terminal.

3. Type the following command line followed by Enter:

$ sudo apt-get install tuxmath

Type your password carefully if asked as no stars will show.

Pro Tip!

Want to learn more about Ubuntu's Terminal command lines? Please read our Jewel and Pearl: A Terminal Tutorial that includes explanation as well as step by step exercises you can follow. Good luck!

 

4. Let the installation process take place and this needs internet access.

5. TuxMath installed successfully. Done*.

 

(*) Please read also Caveats section below. 

 

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How To Run Tux Math

 

1. Open Ubuntu menu.

2. Type "tux". 

3. Click Tux Math.

4. Tux Math runs. Done. 

 

How To Play 

 

1. Run Tux Math.  

2.  Select Play Alone then Math Command Training Academy. 

3. Select chapter Addition to 20 for example.

4. Game starts.

5. Problems will go down from the top like 1 + 1 = ?.

6. Type the answer like 2 and press Enter. 

• Correct answer will shoot a laser beam to extinguish the problem. 
• Incorrect one will miss.

7. Do this until all problems answered correctly.  Done.

8. You can explore other sections and chapters too! 

 

 

 

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Caveats and Troubleshooting

 

We found an issue with the aforementioned TuxMath installation from Debian package that looks "weird" as every text does not look normal but surrounded with black rectangles (see picture below). If we run it from Terminal with $ tuxmath, we will see warning messages saying  "librsvg-WARNING **: [...] element id not found". To solve this problem, we install TuxMath from Snap package instead and then (optionally) remove the original TuxMath:

$ sudo snap install tux-math 

$ sudo snap connect tux-math:alsa 

$ sudo apt-get remove tuxmath

 

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